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vicki nititenma and alisa montai. to ease another's heartache is to forget one's own.we're online on our "nightline" facebook page. good night, america. >> your heart races. your palms sweat. your adrenaline goes through the roof. and that's just trying to answer the $500 question. are you ready? let's play "who wants to be a millionaire." [dramatic music] ♪ hey, how you doing? >> i'm good. how are you? [cheers and applause] >> hey, everybody, welcome to the show. are you guys ready to play "millionaire"? [cheers and applause] our first contestant is a bar trivia master from ventura, california. please welcome kelly-marie jones. >> hi. [cheers and applause] >> well, good to have you here. >> thank you. >> you look fired up. you ready to go? the audience is behind you. i like the energy tonight. >> yeah! >> all right. [cheers and applause] let's take a look at what you're up against. 14 questions, the money values growing from $500 all the way up to that $1 million. [cheers and applause] of course you have your three lifelines. you know what those are about. so let's ge

vicki nititenma and alisa montai. to ease another's heartache is to forget one's own. online on our "nightline" facebook page. good night, america. >> get ready because you're about to watch some folks play a game for the kind of life-changing money that most of us just dream about. this is "who wants to be a millionaire." [cheers and applause] [dramatic music] ♪ hey, everyone, welcome to the show. you guys ready to go today? [cheers and applause] i know this guy is. we're in the middle of a good game. from sugar land, texas, let's welcome back paul schmalz. >> thank you. [cheers and applause] >> actually, i lied--we're not in the middle of a game. we're well beyond the middle. we are up near the top there. you have $30,000 in your bank right now. you're just five questions away from $1 million. >> whoo. [cheers and applause] >> all the lifelines are gone, and you're at a very pivotal part of the game because the next step, $50,000, which, as you know, is the next and the last threshold you can get to in this game, so, if you get this next one right, 50 grand's the wor